{"id":20933,"date":"2012-01-08T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20933"},"modified":"2012-01-08T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T16:20:14","slug":"nba-predictions-orlando-magic-vs-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-orlando-magic-vs-sacramento-kings-20933\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Orlando Magic vs. Sacramento Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at Sacramento Kings
\nSunday, 1\/8\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Orlando Magic are led by center Dwight Howard in scoring and rebounding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, coming off a 97-83 loss to the Chicago Bulls as one-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Magic have gone \u2018under\u2019 the total in seven of eight games to start the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 Head coach Stan Van Gundy is definitely concerned about his team\u2019s performance in dropping its only two games against playoff teams from last season.\u00a0 \u201cQuite simply we\u2019re not at that level,\u201d he commented this week.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s just the way it is.\u201d\u00a0 Orlando is 6-7 ATS as a road favorite of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Magic are still being led by the play of center Dwight Howard, who is averaging 20.3 points and 15.9 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He has led the team or tied in scoring three times and rebounding eight times.\u00a0 Orlando is 22-23 all-time against Sacrament during the regular season, winning six of the last seven matchups.\u00a0 Last season, the team tallied a solid 23-18 mark on the road, finishing above .500 away from the Amway Center for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Sacramento has moved on from the Paul Westphal era and captured a surprising 103-100 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, coming back from a 21-point halftime deficit.\u00a0 \u201cWe just felt free out there,\u201d stated Kings center DeMarcus Cousins, who didn\u2019t seem to click with his former coach.\u00a0 The team has yet to win consecutive games this year and will be looking to win at home in this particular series for the first time since Jan. 8, 2008.\u00a0 Nine of the team\u2019s first 10 games will be played against opponents that made the playoffs a year ago.\u00a0 Sacramento is 6-14 ATS versus Southeast division teams the past two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Kings have been shooting much better from the free-throw line the past four games, hitting 80 percent or better during that span.\u00a0 Sacramento will be looking to win three straight inside the Power Balance Pavilion for the first time since December 2009.\u00a0 Marcus Thornton poured in a season-high tying 27 points last time out and has averaged 20.7 points in three career matchups with Sunday\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 Guard Tyreke Evans is another player to watch, registering 53 combined points in his last two games at home.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 24-9-1 ATS mark following a double-digit loss, while the Kings are 8-20-1 ATS when playing on two days rest.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at Sacramento Kings Sunday, 1\/8\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 189.5 Current Total:\u00a0 193.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Orlando has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, coming off a 97-83 loss to the Chicago Bulls as one-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1912,833,6248,18,659,6328,582,53],"class_list":["post-20933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-demarcus-cousins","tag-dwight-howard","tag-marcus-thornton","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-power-balance-pavilion","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-tyreke-evans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20934,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933\/revisions\/20934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}